OBJECTIVE: To identify the styles of family management during the experience of liver transplantation of a child, according to the Family Management Style Framework. METHODS: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach, conducted by means of a secondary analysis of nine semi-structured interviews previously collected with eight families who had a child who experienced a liver transplantation. RESULTS: From the analysis, it was possible to identify five styles of management: adjusted family, family in adaptation, struggling family, family in conflict and family in waiting. CONCLUSION: The model proved useful in assessing families in the context of pediatric transplant and its use is encouraged in this and other scenarios of chronic disease.
Family; Transplantation; Pediatric nursing
